Purley (zone of Micraster cortestudinarium) (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (51.3° N, 0.1° W: paleocoordinates 41.3° N, 1.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Coniacian (89.8 - 86.3 Ma)

• Zone of Micraster cortestudinarium

Environment/lithology: lithified chalk

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: A. S. Woodward. 1902. The fossil fishes of the English Chalk, Part I. Palaeontographical Society Monograph 56:1-56 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 133319: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 09.09.2012

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Beryciformes - Hoplopterygiidae